Xmas Gifts To Me

Hey everyone. I am sorry that it has been a while since I posted on Beautiful Addictions, but I hope you forgive me. I had to pick up Xmas gifts all the way up to Xmas Eve while feeling a little rough and then we were out visiting as well as having family and friends over like most of you I'm sure. So today I thought it would be cool to show you my Xmas gifts that I love, but there is one that I am so excited about :)

My SONY NEX 5T camera is amazing. I have been lusting after a new camera for so long, but never really had enough money to buy one of this standard. My man however stepped up and bought this for me as a Xmas/birthday present as my birthday is in January. I did get a bit emotional lets just say. I was also given a memory card from his family later that day which almost set me off again. I have been trying to learn all the parts of the camera so please bear with me while I try to improve. I am figuring out the video too as I am going to attempt uploading YouTube videos in 2014 :) This photo was taken with my Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FS15 camera. It has served me well so far (thanks Mum) and it will still come in handy I'm sure because it is so compact and takes pretty good photos. I would totally recommend it if you are new to blogging or just want something simple to use that takes good quality photos.

My Mum bought this cake stand which I thought would be fun to display most of my presents on. Beauty treats galore!

More beauty with a little Hello Kitty in the mix.

Vouchers and money never go out of fashion right!

Some home decor and note books for blogging.

Beauty essentials

My amazing Katy Perry Killer Queen fragrance that I have wanted since I received a sample in my GlossyBox, a snuggly hat and an American Eagle Outfitters t-shirt that was bought for me in New York.

Yummy chocolate and gloves to scrub the dishes as well as myself.

Apologies for the composition of this photo, but it was only meant to be a test shot. I just thought you might want to see my tree :)

So that is all of my lovely presents. I have my secret Santa present to collect when I return to work on Monday as I took some last minute time off to get things prepared in time for Xmas.

I hope you all had a great time and that you are still in good spirits. If you have any photography and/or camera tips I would be most grateful if you could leave them in the comments below.

Do any of you have New Years Eve plans? If yes, let me know also what you are getting up to.

Love to you all

My Xmas Presents: Part 1

Hey Beauties. It's so cold today. Errands are run. Glad I am indoors now. I hope you are all well. I got so many lovely presents for Xmas that I can't wait to show you, but I am having to do it in two parts as half are at my house and the other half at my other half's. These are presents from my lovely Mum and friends.

 

If you haven't guessed already I am a massive Hello Kitty fan. I am so excited that I have some lovely items from the Hello Kitty Liberty Collection, but of course all of it is fab. I actually received two of the toothbrushes. I am using one at my other half's house though. I will be using the mug, plate and bowl at work. I ate the chocolate buttons with some yoghurt last night, yum yum :)

I absolutely loved the Gorgeous By Gok Wan products that I received last Xmas so I'm really pleased that this collection was released again this year. The Sweet Snuggles products smell so edible. I love the little spatula with the Raspberry Bath Salts. So cute :) I also got some great essentials here and some fab eyelashes.

I had a bath yesterday using my Planet Spa Thailand Lotus Flower Bath Petals. They smell nice enough, but the real kick I get from these is that they make my bath look pretty. They do foam up pretty well and dissolve in the water so no cleaning up afterwards :)

I love all things warming as I hate being cold more than anything else in the world so these Sweet Snuggles Cosy Socks and this heatable elephant are very welcome gifts. Mum buys me a calender every year which I always look forward to as I'm an organised freak. This make-up palette I might leave at work as it's so slim it won't take up much room in my desk drawer. I have always liked candles so the tea light holders and the heart lantern I will use a lot. I told my friend about this gorgeous clutch when I spotted it in a couple of magazines and she picked it up for me :)

Mum bought me this beauty case/trolley. She obviously thinks I take my blogging very seriously, ha ha ;) It is really cool as it has various compartments, splits in half and it's pink! As I mentioned it's a trolley with an extendable handle. It does also come with a strap to attach to the top half (not shown) and it can be locked to keep my goodies safe.

 

As I mentioned this is just part 1 of my Xmas presents. I will hopefully show you part 2 next week as I'm not at home to take the photos. As you can imagine I did not want to look up the prices of my gifts as I don't want to offend the people who bought them for me. A massive thank you to Mum and my friends for all the gifts shown here and to everyone else who bought gifts for me. I promise to show them off soon :)

What wonderful things did you give or receive for Xmas? I hope you had a lovely festive period.

Love to you all